A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters Healthy, young people in the U.K. may soon be asked to...
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Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access
GAMPELA, Burkina Faso — The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator. From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe....
As virus surges, Iran breaks one-day record for deaths again
Iran’s single-day death toll from the coronavirus smashed a record set less than a week ago, with 337 dead confirmed Monday By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press October 19, 2020, 4:30 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article TEHRAN, Iran —...
How do pandemics end? In different ways, but it’s never quick and never neat | Coronavirus
On 7 September 1854, in the middle of a raging cholera epidemic, the physician John Snow approached the board of guardians of St James’s parish for permission to remove the handle from a public water pump in Broad Street in London’s Soho. Snow observed that...
U.S. reports highest number of new coronavirus case since late July
Melissa Leaston Director of nursing at Whittier Street Health Center swabs Steve Rose of Boston at a COVID testing site in Nubian Square on October 15, 2020 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Matt Stone | MediaNews Group | Boston Herald via Getty Images The United States reported...
Europe reels as it sets virus records, slaps on new rules
BERLIN — Fears rose Thursday that Europe is running out of chances to control its fall coronavirus outbreak, as infections hit record daily highs in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Poland. France slapped a 9 p.m. curfew on many of its biggest cities and...